Putnam County couple arrested Monday in Palatka murder

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A 21-year-old woman and 27-year-old man were arrested Monday following a Sunday killing in what investigators deemed a drug deal robbery attempt in Palatka, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

Rebecca Christine Hicks of Welaka and Brandon Keith Nunley of Palatka are charged with murder and robbery in Sunday morning’s shooting death of 28-year-old Antonio Lanorris Mulberry on Augusta Road, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Mulberry, a San Mateo resident, was shot to death about 12:30 a.m. He had been arrested 11 times in Putnam, mostly on drug charges, jail records show.